Old-fashioned Comics: The Body Snatchers from Misty (1979-1980) Jay Over & María Barrera

The Body Snatchers

Written by Jay Over, Drawn by María Barrera

Misty No. 92 (1979-11-10) / Misty No. 101 (1980-01-12)

Episodes: 10

Translations/Reprints: The Best of Misty Monthly #4

Nancy Perkins is making a belated return to boarding school after an illness and immediately notices strange things happening. Her taxi is crossed by a teacher,

who looks scared out of his wits and in a dreadful state before he disappears into a storm. Yet Nancy later sees him at school, looking perfectly normal and doesn’t know what she is talking about. Certain pupils and teachers act out of character – as if they were imposters. A pupil disappears without explanation. Nancy sees a procession of pupils and teachers heading off to Broughty Manor in the dead of night, although the headmistress has just put that place strictly out of bounds and has reminded the pupils about it twelve dozen times already. We soon learn that these people are the henchmen of “the master”, there is something non-human about their eyes, and they have some sort of affinity with plants. Realising Nancy is noticing too much, “the master” orders them to kidnap her and bring her to his lair at Broughty Manor...

The text continues in https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/the-body-snatchers-1979-1980/

40 pages & 2 covers

Material from Misty 1979-11-10 / 1980-01-12